"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" is the 175th episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, and the series' second Christmas-themed episode. It was released as a direct-to-video special on October 30, 2012, before making its televised premieres on CBS on November 23rd, and later on Nickelodeon on December 6th of the same year. Unlike the series' first Christmas episode, "Christmas Who?", this special was done in stop-motion animation, much like many of the Rankin/Bass holiday specials.